A support group for mentally ill people.
The Sizanani Club is an outpatient psychiatry support group in rural South Africa whose activities appear to have reduced the number and duration of hospitalizations of mentally ill patients. Against a background trend towards decentralization and home-based health care the findings suggest the desirability of expanding the role of such groups.
Lustig
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Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Science, Stanford University School of Medicine, California, USA.
Malomane
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Tollman
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D000328:Adult; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012657:Self-Help Groups; D013019:South Africa